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Re: OT - 2 explosions at finish line of Boston Marathon

Originally Posted by moose10101

"Let's be first! Worry about being correct later." You could see this coming a mile away. "Journalists" stopped giving a damn about accuracy a long time ago.

Someone just accurately tweeted (I know, seems an oxymoron these days) that nobody is really going to remember who got it first....but people are certainly going to remember (supposedly) CNN getting it wrong. Apparently the AP is sticking by their story...for now.

Re: OT - 2 explosions at finish line of Boston Marathon

The Twitter timeline certainly points to CNN and AP as the sources of the bogus report.

John King was just on giving an almost apology but then turned around and blamed the sources.

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Makes me think how "safe" our Ravens victory parade was in February.
A lot of people...
The police were unable to contain the crowd around Ray Lewis...
It was a good day... But definitely a safety risk.

Re: OT - 2 explosions at finish line of Boston Marathon

Well, we weren't even targeted, at least nothing we know about. It was the
big city Boston and NY before that.

The press stopped worrying about accuracy back with William Randolph Hearst,
the father of yellow journalism. He made a fortune with it and practically
started the Spanish American War with it. Some even accuse him of sinking
the Maine himself for the story-lol. But without a doubt the media fueled
America's passion for the war.

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Re: OT - 2 explosions at finish line of Boston Marathon

Originally Posted by RavenScallywag

I know someone on FB who kept posting (then deleting because people were railing on him) about how he was CERTAIN this was a right-wing group coming out on Tax Day to make a big statement, and how all the mid-April attacks always seem to be centered on these right wingers. It wouldn't shock you to learn he is the most left-leaning liberal I know, right?

Suggestion: get that douchebag to post his name, phone number, email & address here, so we can piss all over his Wheaties about the big bad conspiracy from the Right.

In a 2003 BBC poll that asked Brits to name the "Greatest American Ever", Mr. T came in fourth, behind ML King (3rd), Abe Lincoln (2nd) and Homer Simpson (1st).